Net direct tax collections rises by 23% so far in FY 2022-23: CBDT
Net direct tax collections so far this financial year are at Rs 700,669 crore, an increase of 23 per cent as compared to Rs 568,147 crore till the same period
The Income Tax Department initiated search and seizure operations on two major real estate developers of Ludhiana. The search action, conducted on 16 November, covered around 40 premises, an official release today said.
The major finding emanating from these search and seizure operations of both the groups is about the receipt of unaccounted cash by these groups by way of on-money on property transactions.
During the course of search proceedings, documentary evidence in the nature of ‘agreement to sale’, (popularly known as ‘Biyana’ in local parlance), for certain properties have been found and seized. These documents indicate that the ‘agreement to sale’ for plots has been executed at much higher amount/rate as compared to the consideration disclosed in the registered sale deed of the plot. Further, incriminating documents such as loose sheets, excel sheets showing calculation of receipt of on-money of certain property transactions, soft data, chats from mobile phones of the persons concerned, etc. have also been recovered.
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A preliminary analysis of the evidence clearly indicates the receipt of unaccounted cash by way of on-money on property transactions. Besides, certain other corroborative evidence supporting the receipt of on-money have also been gathered.
Investigations have also revealed that unaccounted cash expenditure has been incurred on construction of the residential house of one of the key persons.
In one of the groups, defaults on compliances for the provisions of tax deduction at source have been detected with regard to payments made to the sellers of the land, etc.
The search action has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash of about Rs. 2.00 crore besides foreign exchange, and unexplained jewellery of about Rs. 2.30 crore.
Further investigations are in progress.
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